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“BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Smoke Alarms: A sound you can live with,” was the theme for the Los Alamos Fire Department’s fire prevention program this year. There’s nothing more important than to have an early notification of a fire, especially if it’s in the home and the irritating sound from a triggered smoke alarm can and does save lives every day, according to National Fire Protection Association fire statistics.

WASHINGTON— House Democrats voted Thursday to reject President Barack Obama’s tax deal with Republicans in its current form, but it was unclear how significantly the package might need to be changed.
By voice vote in a closed caucus meeting, Democrats passed a resolution saying the tax package should not come to the House floor for consideration as written, even though no formal House bill has been drafted. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., introduced the resolution.

The Los Alamos County Council made a move to make home ownership more in reach for a greater number of local residents.
At its regular meeting Tuesday night, the council approved the affordable housing program.

The Los Alamos Hilltopper wrestling team will take part in its second tournament of the season Friday when it travels to Santa Fe.
Los Alamos will compete in the Jaguar Invitational, which starts at 9 a.m. Friday. The tournament is hosted by the Capital Jaguars, one of Los Alamos’ District 2AAAA rivals.
Unlike past seasons, the 16-man brackets will all be settled in one day.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats voted Thursday to reject President Barack Obama's tax deal with Republicans in its current form, but it was unclear how significantly the package might need to be changed.

BEIJING (AP) — China's campaign to vilify this year's recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and sabotage the award ceremony showed signs of backfiring Thursday, as criticism of Beijing rose and the imprisoned Chinese dissident seemed to be turning into a celebrity.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The European Union, the United Nations and the Arab League have rebuked Israel after its refusal to halt settlement construction forced Washington to drop efforts to relaunch Mideast peace talks.

NEW YORK (AP) — Encouraging news on the labor market and efforts to get more Democrats to support the compromise on extending tax cuts have stocks edging higher in early trading Thursday.

Before the market opened, the Labor Department reported that first time claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the second-lowest level this year. Claims fell to 421,000, below the 428,000 figure that Wall Street expected.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of House legislation to freeze the budgets of most Cabinet departments and fund the war in Afghanistan for another year is now in the hands of the Senate, where it faces uncertain prospects.

The House passed the bill Wednesday evening by a 212-206 vote. It would cap the annual operating budgets of federal agencies at the $1.2 trillion approved for the recently finished budget year — a $46 billion cut of more than 3 percent from President Barack Obama's request.

Los Alamos County Council did little Tuesday night to dispel the cloud of uncertainty over the fate of County Administrator Tony Mortillaro. Mortillaro has been the subject of an investigation on unspecified allegations for the past 12 weeks.

Speculation and rumors escalated rapidly in the last week as the independent investigation came to a conclusion. First Line Resources, the outside firm that was hired to handle the probe, issued its 135-page report to county council last week.